Taylor's 7 Year Pictures...

Taylor won't actually turn 7 until June 18, but it's close enough:)
Denae did such an awesome job on these! They are so fun!
I can't believe my baby will be 7.
















And here is a cute one of Averi - I loved how her shirt matched the wall.

How Cute are These...

The Hannah Montana tickets are Taylor's 7th birthday party invitations!


For the party favors we have candy bars with personalized HM wrappers!


SO CUTE:)

Well...our schedule does not seem to be slowing down even though summer is 2 days away.

• JUNE 6-7 ~ Averi and Taylor's Dance Recital


• JUNE 11 ~ Taylor is getting her tonsils taken out


• JUNE 21 ~ Taylor's birthday party

Whew...I'm worn out thinking about all of it! Hope everyone has a great week!

Connor can Crawl...

Field Day...

WOW! It's hard to believe that in less than 2 weeks school will be out! And even harder to believe that Tay will be out of 1st and into 2nd grade. We all are getting that end-of-year bug! Who wants to be in a classroom when it is so nice outside?
With activities, parties and warmer weather - summer break is definitely in the air:)
Today was Field Day at Taylor's school. It was so fun...until Taylor slammed face first into the concrete. She busted her lip and cut her chin. But she was pretty much 100% better when we checked her out of school early and took her to Chic-Fil-A:) Funny how that happens!

Hampton and Taylor

Shooting each other with water

Bouncy, Bouncy

Again, shooting each other with water

Gangsta' Conn-uh

Taylor's First Wedding...

Man, this weekend weekend was busy! With weddings, dance meetings, and Mother's Day we were WORN OUT!

This was Taylor's first time to be a flower girl - and she LOVED it!

Seeing her in that dress made me think about years down the road when she will be the one walking down the aisle. (I still can't listen to Butterfly Kisses without crying)! If I try to talk to Chad about it he tells me to STOP! And he is serious. He can't stand the thought of losing his girls to a couple of stinky boys:)

Taylor and Averi before rehearsal
Sisters The Bride Ready to go
Sweet
A natural in front of the camera
Ahhh...

All the girls

Happy Mother's Day...

We had a great Mother's Day! After church everyone met at Dondi and Poppi's house for lunch and a good time. We are so blessed to have such an awesome family!

The best kids ever:)

Wearing my "World's Best Mom" shirt from Taylor - Yea Baby!
Kristi has her "Glamour Mom" shirt on - we look good:)
Granna, me, and the kids
The whole fam
Connor in front of Poppi's sign
Connor and Cousin Logan
Averi, Gramps, and Taylor

Mother's Day Tea...

Today was the Mother's Day Tea at KDO. Averi was so cute, and looked so little, singing on stage. She's still my baby girl!

Aves (I mean Ariel) and her friends:)

Averi and Kyler (what a cute little man)
Hi Mom!
Dondi, Averi, and Granna
Emma and Aves
Connor eating a cookie - he couldn't be happier:)
After the Tea Party, waiting for Taylor to get out of school

Park Pictures...

Taylor played hooky today, so we went to the park! Actually, she has strep and tonsilitis. Poor thing. This is the 5th time since Oct. So...we have an appt. with the ear, nose, and throat dr. to see about get her tonsils taken out.
Anyway, we had a fun time at the park. The weather was perfect. And I had fun playing with my new camera.
I know there are way more pictures of Taylor, but Averi was not indulging in my picture-taking obsession today.

Connor loves to swing!

My girlies
Happy boy:)

Playing with Photoshop
Peace
Swingin' is fun
Cool crop
Beauty

I'm Still Here...

Wow! Long time no post. I'm sure plenty of crazy, blog-worthy events have happened the past few weeks - I've just been in a slump. But slowly, I am coming out of it! Only 4 weeks left of the school year and then it will be 3 months of FREEDOM:) I'm sure that Taylor and Chad are way more excited and appreciative of those precious months than I am:) We will stay busy, however, with swimming lessons and T-Ball (which Averi will be playing for the first time). She says she wants to do this, so we will see!
Well, I guess I'll just catch up on what's been going on in our lives:

Connor is almost 14 months! Here is what he is up to:

• Said Mama for the first time
• Loves to go through his toy box and take everything out
• Gives yummy open-mouth kisses
• Can sit up from lying down
• He is FINALLY starting to crawl - thank you very much:)

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to post. I always feel like a blog is naked without a picture so I'll add this:

Yes, it is a lizard (although, not the actual lizard in question). Several weeks ago Taylor's class made terrariums. She had to take a bag full of dirt to school for the project. They planted grass seeds and filled each box with snails and other creepy-crawly critters. Well, Taylor and Averi spent the night with Dondi and Poppi during this time - and they decided to go on a hunt for things to add to the terrarium. Unfortunately it was a success. Saturday morning when Poppi broght them home they weren't alone. In Taylor's hand was a cup - a covered cup. Inside was an ugly little lizard. She was SO proud. She transferred the critter into a tupperware container and carried it everywhere. We had a few errands to run and being the nice mom that I am, let the lizard ride along. Couldn't we have let him stay at home and wait on us to get back?? OH NO! Taylor bad wanted to pet this little guy - So...off came the lid and in went her hand. At first everything was good - she got a few strokes in and was feeling pretty confident. All of the sudden I heard screams from the backseat! I look back and Averi is curled up in a ball in her carseat. The lizard had JUMPED out of the container and was LOOSE in the car! Aghhhhhh! I can't tell you how freaked out I was knowing this slivery little thing was somewhere very near. We looked and looked and looked for the prized lizard, but to no avail. It's probably been a month and we have yet to find it! Oh the joys of childhood:)